latest progress

This last week i glassed up the bulkheads and the inside of a side panel
Progress!

Also, we cut the bow post

Next up, sheath the other side panel inside, transom, and then we will have the hull shaped!

Life has been busy! 

Shelley and I tied the knot in  Moab on Oct 24th.

Latest work on Rio Xingu

Sides cut, Bulkheads cut, Transom about to be cut

                                       Rick picked up a nice piece of Ash for the Bow Post

sides are scarfed and glued, next up trace, cut, glass!

Scarfing Sides

Today Rick and I made our scarf cuts for the side panels and started gluein' up!

Now, letting them cure over night (they are clamped)

A little background to the name, Xingu.


http://www.internationalrivers.org/campaigns/belo-monte-dam



http://amazonwatch.org/news/2012/0901-xingu-rising

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/16/belo-monte-brazil-tribes-living-in-shadow-megadam

Rick and I got the work tables built today. These give us 16ft ((2) 8 ft) of flat, elevated space to work on. Also, Provides a base to fasten boat to if we need to muscle some things around. Now just waiting on the hydrotek wood to arrive and we can begin!

More Goods Arriverd Today!

Supplies are arriving

For the floor

Getting ready to start!

The first time I saw a dory did it for me. I knew immediately that I would row one, my own, some day. So here we go! Going to build my own Briggs Dory with Andy H's plans from High Desert Dories, http://hddories.net. Def a bit intimidating seeing as my wood working background is, to say nicely, lacking. Aside from some fixes around the house, rafting equipment, and garden boxes...well you get the picture. Luckily i have some awesome friends with knowledge and stoke to help out.

The boat will be named Xingu (or Rio Xingu). In keeping with tradition started by Martin Litton, I am naming her after a river in The Amazon, The Xingu River, that is being harmfully impacted by man. The Belo Monte Dam is being constructed on the Xingu, and is slated to finish soon.

Hoping to have all my supplies to start working on the Hull in the next 10 days or so! Wish me luck!